From 306be6903343f9ab55a72340d9dec863325acb9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Allfree <ben@benallfree.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:09:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: update custom build workflow to use max compression
 on source file

---
 .github/workflows/custom_build.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/custom_build.yml b/.github/workflows/custom_build.yml
index 994987a..f93f451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/custom_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/custom_build.yml
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ jobs:
           # Stage MESHFORGE.md so it gets included in the archive
           git add -f MESHFORGE.md
           
-          # Use git archive to create tar.gz, which automatically:
+          # Use git archive to create tar, which automatically:
           # - Respects .gitignore (excludes .pio/, build artifacts, etc.)
           # - Excludes .git directory
           cd ..
-          git -C firmware archive --format=tar.gz --output="${{ inputs.build_hash }}.tar.gz" HEAD
+          git -C firmware archive --format=tar HEAD | gzip -9 > "${{ inputs.build_hash }}.tar.gz"
           
           echo "✅ Created source archive: ${{ inputs.build_hash }}.tar.gz"
           ls -lh "${{ inputs.build_hash }}.tar.gz"